Donald Trump says he “very much” likes the idea of naming some potential cabinet members before Election Day.

“I would be inclined to do a lot of it early. You don’t have to do all of it, but a lot of it early, actually,” Trump tells Hugh Hewitt after the radio talk-show host says doing so would show conservatives he has a “serious team” in place

Hewitt’s suggestions: former Sen. Jon Kyl of Ariz. as Defense Dept chief, former Ambassador John Bolton at State, former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Conn. -- Democrat-turned independent -- as head of the CIA

“I can’t give you any clues or anything right now, because I do have a lot of respect for those two guys,” Trump says. “But I have a lot of respect for others, also”

Cotton and Christie “are two names that I have high on the list for something at least, that I can tell you,” says Trump

Trump has said he plans to unveil his choice at the GOP convention, which starts July 18 in Cleveland; the recent trend has been for presidential candidates to announce their picks shortly before the conventions begin

MORE VEEPSTAKES

HUD Sec. Julian Castro, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Mass. also among top picks

DEBATES

On preparing for 1st debate with Clinton, set for Sept. 26 in Ohio, Trump tells Hewitt he hasn’t started, doesn’t want to end up sounding over-rehearsed

“Obviously I will be practicing, but I don’t want to put so much practice in that all of a sudden, you’re not who you are”

IMMIGRATION

Clinton calls Supreme Court’s split ruling that blocks President Obama’s executive order to shield as many as 4m unauthorized immigrants from deportation “unacceptable”

Decision shows “just how high the stakes are in this election”

Trump says ruling blocked “one of the most unconstitutional actions every undertaken by a president”

“This split decision also makes clear what is at stake in November. The election, and the Supreme Court appointments that come with it will decide whether or not we have a border and, hence, a country,” Trump says in statement

Trump says Clinton’s goal of expanding Obama’s immigration plan would hurt poor black and Latino workers by “giving away their jobs and federal resources to illegal immigrant labor, while making us all less safe”

ON THE TRAIL

Trump traveling to Scotland in his first foreign trip since becoming the presumptive GOP nominee; he arrives just as the U.K. will be processing results of its referendum on EU membership

Trump has said he thinks U.K. better off with vote to leave

Land from which Trump’s mother emigrated to U.S. in 1930s may not offer warm embrace, Bloomberg’s Stephanie Baker reports

“I’m not sure what the purpose of the trip is,” says GOP Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., according to AP; Trump should “get back here quickly,” he added

POLLS

RealClearPolitics poll average shows Clinton with 45.3% to Trump’s 39.6%; PredictIt traders sold more Trump shares, leading to 4-point drop to 29% after he fired former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski

ETC.

“Clinton remains a substantial favorite. If this is how the election actually turns out —- and it probably won’t, at least not exactly, because there is a long way to go —- Clinton would win a victory smaller than Barack Obama’s 2008 win (365 electoral votes) but bigger than his 2012 reelection (332)”

Website run by Univ. of Virginia’s Larry Sabato shifts one state -- Pa. -- a bit toward Trump, though rates that Democrats retain advantage there

The state, “potentially the most important” in 2016, “moves from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic. Trump is targeting the state, and a number of his more plausible paths to 270 include turning the Keystone State red for the first time since 1988”

Miami CBS’s Jim DeFede says in investigative report that Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy, in touting his background as CPA and small-business owner, has “in some cases exaggerated his experience” and in other instances “made claims that were misleading or outright false,”

Murphy, who faces Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Aug. 30 Senate primary, backed by White House and Minority Leader Harry Reid, who sent out fundraising e-mail saying Fla. Senate race “has become that much more competitive” with Rubio’s entry

Kirk calls attention to his push for Senate vote on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, support for woman’s right to choose an abortion and view that Trump isn’t fit to be president

Duckworth camp counters: Sen. Kirk “lied for years about his military record, falsely claiming to have served in combat and claiming an award he never earned, and now he’s not being straight with Illinois voters by portraying himself as a liberal Democrat in Chicago while apparently hoping no one else across the state notices”

OH-SEN: Senate Majority PAC in TV ad likens GOP Sen. Rob Portman to a cicada, says he returns to Ohio every six years and “tries to rewrite his record in Washington” on issues such as Social Security